Paulita (plant)

Paulita is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1]

Paulita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Paulita
Soják
Synonyms
  • Neopaulia Pimenov & Kljuykov, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 68: 1562 (1983), nom. superfl.
  • Paulia Korovin, Izv. Akad. Nauk Tadzhiksk. S.S.R., Otd. Biol. Nauk 1(50): 14 (1973), nom. illeg.

Its native range is Central Asia and it is found in Kyrgyzstan and Tadzhikistan.[1]

The genus name of Paulita is in honour of Pavel Nikolaevich Ovczinnikov or Paul Ovczinnikov (1903–1979), who was a Russian botanist, specialist in grasses, who in 1945 was the Director of the Botanical Institute at the Academcy of Sciences in Tajikistan.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Jiří Soják in Čas. Nár. Muz. Praze, Rada Přír. vol.150 on page 216 in (1981, publ. 1982).[1]

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online:[1]

  • Paulita alaica (Pimenov & Kljuykov) Pimenov & Kljuykov
  • Paulita alpina (Schischk.) Soják
  • Paulita ovczinnikovii (Korovin) Soják

References
  1. "Paulita Soják | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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